Faculty & Staff Detail

Melanie R. Symoniak, Pharm.D., BCPS

Dr. Symoniak received her Pharm.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy. She then completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency and PGY-2 Internal Medicine Residency at West Virginia University Hospitals.

In 2012, she joined the Wegmans School of Pharmacy. Her current practice site is with a teaching medical service at Rochester General Hospital where she provides clinical pharmacy services and precepts fourth year pharmacy students.

She was on the founding committee for the PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at Rochester General Hospital and is also a preceptor for the program. She is a co-advisor for the student chapter of the American Pharmacists Association at the Wegmans School of Pharmacy.

Dr. Symoniak’s clinical research interests include acute and chronic kidney disease, renal dosing of medications, and medication toxicity. Her academic research interests include interprofessional education.

Evaluation of compliance with simvastatin dosing recommendations based on drug-drug interactions within a large academic institution, New Orleans LA, December 2011 – poster presentation at ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting

Drug-induced Liver Injury: More Than Just Acetaminophen, Charleston WV, June 2011 – 1 hour CE program